The quantitative properties of matter are all those that can be counted, as its name says "Quantitative". In addition, several interesting points about matter and about the different properties of matter that exist will be made known.
What is matter?
The definition of matter is nothing more than everything that is tangible, measurable and can be felt, occupying a certain space in which it is found.
There are millions of different substances, which can be identified by some of their characteristics, in addition you can know their density, durability and strength, knowing the properties of matter, you will get knowledge about everything that surrounds a given environment.
Matter can also be classified depending on its composition, these are divided into two types of substances which will be mentioned below.
Mixed substances: These refer to the mixture of two pure substances in the physical, not in the chemical, knowing this they can also be subdivided into homogeneous mixtures which have a uniform composition and heterogenies that are the opposite of the previous ones.
The mixtures can be separated by some methods such as, for example, distillation or filtration, thus becoming two components again.
Pure substances: the samples of these substances are always identical, and their elements and compounds are also shaped in a uniform way giving it the structure of a totally pure substance.
Matter can also be divided into three states, such as the gaseous state, the solid and the liquid, which change depending on the closeness or distance of the atoms that make it up, the closer together the more solid the material will be, but the more far away it may be liquid, and if it is much more separated it may be a gaseous material.
Properties of matter
The properties of matter are divided into two broad parts such as physics that refers to a sample of matter, and chemistry refers to the composition of matter. It should be noted that in physical properties, matter can change its state, from solid to liquid, and vice versa, and from liquid to gaseous and vice versa.
It is also possible to mention the quantitative and qualitative properties of matter, which will be described in the following lines.
Quantitative properties of matter
These refer to the components of matter that can be counted, these can be divided into two parts which would be:
Properties Intensive quantitative: these are compounds independent of matter and its substance, with these it is possible to differentiate the kinds of matter guided by their boiling or fission temperature, their viscosity and density.
- Boiling point: It is the exact temperature at which a material begins the process of changing from a liquid to a gaseous state.
- Fission point: It is practically the same process as the boiling point, the difference is that this is when a material goes from a solid to a liquid state.
- Viscosity: This represents the resistance that a liquid or fluid presents when moving from one place to another in a given amount of time.
- Density: this is defined as the mass times the amount of volume
Qualitative properties
They are all those components that cannot be counted, such as color and odor, you can also add the segregation states that are the solid, liquid and gaseous states and there is also plasma, but it is not common on the planet, but rather of the universe in general.
There are some classifications of scales that although they are difficult to count, can establish comparisons of them, such as malleability, hardness and ductility.
Examples of quantitative and qualitative properties
Some examples of quantitative properties are:
- Weight: this component tell me in Newton
- Volume: This measurement is based on liters, meters long, width, or cubic.
- Mass: It can be measured in kilograms or pounds.
You can also find many others such as: temperature, solubility, fission and boiling points, concentration, refraction, electrical and thermal conductivity, length, degree of acidity, surface area and speed.
When we talk about qualitative properties, the following can be mentioned:
The organoleptic properties that are: color, smell, taste and texture.
There are also the following: hardness, malleability, ductility, gloss, opacity, shape, roughness and roughness.
General and specific properties
They are also properties of matter, the general ones being all those that are general to all substances, which do not allow us to recognize a substance, and the specific ones would be the opposite of the previous ones since these do allow the substances to be identified, because they are specific to a concrete substance.
These properties have their respective divisions but they are exactly equal to the quantitative and qualitative properties, so it can be added that the general properties would be the same as the quantitative ones and the specific properties would be equal to the qualitative properties.
Despite having their differences, the properties of materials share a common goal that is the result of the study of the various materials that exist on the earth's surface, and could even study non-earth components, since they have all the specifications and regulations necessary for the study of any material that is presented, at least as far as human perception understands to this day.
Without the study of the properties of materials, if you would have knowledge of the weight of things, their durability, their length, their speed, in short the world would be totally different from how it is today, cars would not have speedometers, or when buying meats or fruits and / or vegetables, you would not know the desired weight to buy, which would make life very difficult today.